A working group has recently been formed to work on a better protection of button mushroom varieties. It's activities are firstly directed to generate consensus among the spawn/breeding companies to ...

Growing food at home does not always mean having a big garden. Mushrooms are the latest trend in terrace or indoor farming. They can be cultivated indoors even without having a lot of space, making ...

The Button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) is a gilled fungus which naturally occurs in Europe and North America, though now occurs much more widely. Also called the table mushroom, white mushroom, ...

The humble white button mushroom has as much, and in some cases, more anti-oxidant properties than more expensive varieties. Although the button mushroom is the foremost cultivated edible mushroom in ...

It’s time for the humble button mushroom to step out from the darkness and into the spotlight. The button mushroom is one of the most accessible, recognisable and affordable mushrooms around. It’s the ...

The role of white button mushrooms in treating prostate cancer has been investigated in mice and humans. Researchers from City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, California, the U.S., ...

It’s easier than you think to grow delicious mushrooms at home: All you need are a few materials and a cool, dark space.

With more than 14,000 identified species, the world of mushrooms reaches farther than we can possibly imagine, from numerous varieties that thrive in animal manure to the parasitic Cordyceps species, ...